"Weariness Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth Finds the down pillow hard."
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Belarius, scene vi
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Cymbeline
Cymbeline, a play of uncertain date by William Shakespeare, was produced as early as 1611. It has been described as a tragi-comedy or a romance and is set in pre-Roman Britain.
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